| UFC Fight Night 227 | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 14, 2023 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Paradise, Nevada, United States | |||
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UFC Fight Night 227 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 85 ) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 14, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [1]
A women's flyweight bout between Casey O'Neill and Viviane Araújo was expected to take place at UFC 293. However, O'Neill pulled out due to injury and was replaced with Jennifer Maia at this event. [1]
Edson Barboza Jr. is a Brazilian-American professional mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and has formerly competed at lightweight. As of December 13, 2022, he is #14 in the UFC featherweight rankings.
Jennifer Maia is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. Maia currently competes in the Women's Flyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Maia trains at Chute Boxe Academy in Brazil. A professional since 2009, Maia is also the former Invicta FC Flyweight World Champion. As of June 27, 2023, she is #9 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings.
Karen Alexa Grasso Montes is a Mexican professional mixed martial artist who competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion. She is also a UFC analyst for UFC Español for Spanish broadcasts. As of June 20, 2023, she is ranked #1 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings.
Katlyn Chookagian is an American professional mixed martial artist. She has formerly competed in the Bantamweight division and currently competes in the Flyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of August 8, 2023, she is #5 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings. Her dad owns The Pub and was well known for coaching Kerry's with Quakertown Little League legend, Mike Gaffney.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) rankings, which were introduced in February 2013, are generated by a voting panel made up of media members. These media members are asked to vote for whom they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are of active status in the UFC. A fighter can appear in more than one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
Sodiq Yusuff is a Nigerian and American professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of August 8, 2023, he is #12 in the UFC featherweight rankings.
Emily Ducote is an American mixed martial artist, currently competing in the strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She previously competed in Invicta FC, where she was the Invicta FC Strawweight Champion.
Viviane Araújo Gomes is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. She is a former Pancrase strawweight champion and currently competes in the flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of April 18, 2023, she is #10 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings.
UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 1, 2020 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
Giga Chikadze is a Georgian professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. He currently competes in the Featherweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Chikadze formerly competed in the Featherweight division for GLORY. As of 27 June 2023, he is #9 in the UFC featherweight rankings.
UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 11, 2020 at the du Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Casey Cameron O'Neill is an Australian mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the Flyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of April 11, 2023, she is #12 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings.
UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Cruz was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 13, 2022, at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California, United States.
UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 17, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araújo was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 15, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
Tatsuro Taira is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Flyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Carlos Vergara is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on September 10, 2023, at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia.
UFC Fight Night 226 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 7, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
